In a blog post last fall, she wrote that her goals had less to do with elitism and more with creating a community that empowers ambitious women.

Tinder is today introducing a new way for users to access the platform with the launch of Tinder Online, a web-optimized version of the dating app so people can Tinder at their desktops.

Making it accessible via web, and encouraging users to ignore class or work and Tinder instead, doesn’t necessarily make the app any more focused on the goal of connecting people, but rather getting as many swipes and matches as possible.

Bumble, the dating app that puts women in the driver’s seat, has today announced that it is leading a seed round investment in gay dating app Chappy. Right, and the same is true for those marked as Mr. While Bumble is already optimized for the LGBTQ community, the brand has always centered around ensuring that women feel safe and empowered to make the first move.

Not that the new emphasis is supposed to eliminate dating or romance.

It just means those connections can form around interests rather than at a giant bar meetup or on an “awkward coffee date.” The overall goal, Bradford said, is to turn The League into a “members-only club,” albeit one with “a killer singles scene.” But let’s go back to Bradford’s bigger vision.

Tinder Online still requires that you sign on to your account through Facebook, and it doesn’t include any of Tinder’s revenue features like Tinder Boost or Super Like, for now. While the branding message of Tindering during class or work is questionable, the product itself makes a lot of sense.

Swiss dating app startup Blinq is playing around with a little algorithmic hot or not catnip, with a plan to add a machine-learning powered attractiveness assessment feature to help its users pick the photos that show them at their best.That means they’d be willing to pay more for these hyper-local ads than for ones pointed to users who are far away and much less likely to visit their store.” It is something we have already started to see, with Cupid and i Hookup partnering with Poynt to monetise local businesses, and Korean couples app Between allowing third parties to offer nearby date deals and ideas.This comes as Tinder is deciding on its monetisation strategy, and while adding location-based ads on a currently ad-free platform may turn off users, there is definitely a lucrative space for a dating app that can offer a date, and a list of nearby locations and deals, in a simple and efficient package. Born in Newcastle, he has an English degree from Queen Mary, London and after working for the NHS, trained as a journalist with the Press Association.If enabled, the feature will share your whereabouts with friends – to a distance of half a mile, and only if you choose to share it with them – and a Tech Crunch article says that Facebook plan to use this location data for marketing purposes in the future.“It wouldn’t confirm exactly how, but I foresee it targeting you with ads for businesses that could actually be in sight or just a few hundred feet away.Founder and CEO Amanda Bradford said The League has already rolled out the updated app to users in its existing markets, New York and San Francisco, without much fanfare.Today, however, marks the official launch, as well as the addition of its first city in nearly a year.